Stories That Stick - by Nikki Dyer

COURSE

Stories That Stick

With Nikki Dyer

Tired of meditations that feel like empty mantras? Stories That Stick takes a fresh approach with daily, story-based guided meditations designed to shift your mindset, spark curiosity, and cultivate emotional clarity using metaphors, not mantras! Each 10-minute session blends engaging stories, simple metaphors, and reflective insights to help you: - Have major perspective and mindset to see everyday situations in a new light - Build emotional clarity, calm, and positive energy - Enjoy short, accessible meditations with impactful messages that actually stick with you - Engage your mind while gently guiding personal growth and transformation These engaging story-based meditations are easy to return to again and again—and the lessons linger long after each session ends. It’s a course for anyone open to the idea that a single story, a simple metaphor, or even one well-timed line... can change everything!

HappinessConfidenceMotivationSpiritualityInsight MeditationHealth & HappinessPerformanceSpiritualityMindfulness

Meet your Teacher

Nikki Dyer
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Coached by Nikki Dyer is a guided meditation teacher renowned for her 5-minute meditations and for her ability to bring clarity and insight through relatable stories and memorable metaphors. In her one-on-one Sage Advice Sessions, she helps clients explore their inner world, fostering self-reflection and a deeper understanding of personal patterns, and her guided meditations help to bring you a new way of seeing life's biggest challenges in a better way. Her approach and teachings blend mindfulness with storytelling, creating experiences that are both accessible and profoundly resonant.

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5 Days

246 students

4.9 stars

9 min / day

Happiness

English

Lesson 1

The Swing: Why Forward Momentum Loves A Good Backswing

We kick off day one with a simple, yet profoundly effective lesson based around something a simple as a weathered wooden swing. As life pushes you forward and pulls you back, much like the familiar rhythm of a swing, you're guided through exploring the quiet, often overlooked moments of pause in your life—the “backswings” that prepare you to rise higher. Through visualization, breath, and mindful reflection, this practice reminds you that balance is not stillness, growth requires rhythm, and every backward motion carries the potential for forward momentum. Let this meditation guide you to trust the natural ebb and flow of life, finding clarity, compassion, and strength in each swing!

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Lesson 2

The Flight: A Lesson On Perfect Timing & Turbulence

Welcome to day 2 where you're invited to step into the gentle rhythm of life, using the metaphor of an early morning airport to explore patience, trust, and timing. As you breathe deeply and visualize waiting to board your flight, you’ll be reminded that you are not the plane, nor the pilot—you are the passenger. Life unfolds in its own timing, and each pause, delay, or layover carries lessons and opportunities for growth. Through mindful reflection and visualization, this practice helps you release impatience, embrace the present moment, and cultivate trust that you will always arrive exactly where your soul is meant to be—right on time!

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Lesson 3

The Boat: It's Knot My Fault Life Keeps Giving Me Ship

Day 3 is a lesson on remaining calm and grounded during life's inevitable ripples. In this lesson, you are invited to settle into a serene rowboat on a glass-still lake, feeling the sun’s warmth and the gentle rocking beneath you. When unexpected jolts arise, you’ll explore the realization that not every disturbance is personal—some events are simply “empty boats” passing through your life. Through mindful breathing and visualization, this practice guides you to release resentment, let go of anger, and maintain inner calm regardless of external turbulence. You’ll discover that true peace isn’t the absence of disruption, but the conscious choice to steady your own boat and remain grounded amid life’s inevitable ripples!

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Lesson 4

The Pebble: A Little Throw Goes A Long Way

Day 4 is a lesson on how small, intentional efforts create lasting change. You are invited to a crystal-clear mountain stream, where each pebble you toss creates subtle ripples that quietly reshape the flow of water. Through gentle breathing, mindful visualization, and reflection, you’ll explore how small acts—words, gestures, or intentions—can accumulate over time to create profound change. This practice encourages awareness of the quiet power within your everyday actions, reminding you that even the tiniest efforts leave meaningful marks. As you witness the stream’s evolving currents, you’ll gain clarity on how persistence, intention, and mindful effort shape not just your life, but the world around you.

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Lesson 5

The Farmer: The Dirt On Trusting Invisible Growth

Our final day is a lesson on patience, persistence, and unseen personal growth. In today's final practice, you are invited to visualize the story of the Chinese bamboo tree—a seed that requires years of quiet nurturing before it breaks through the soil and grows rapidly. Through deep breathing and mindful reflection, this meditation guides you to trust the unseen progress in your own life, reminding you that personal growth often occurs beneath the surface before it becomes visible. By tending to your goals and dreams with patience, persistence, and consistent care, you create the foundation for exponential breakthroughs. This practice inspires confidence, hope, and a sense of limitless possibility, reinforcing that even when progress isn’t immediately visible, growth is always happening.

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4.9 (64)

Recent Reviews

Wendy

January 16, 2026

I loved all of the stories and it felt like you saved the best for last! Thank you Nikki, I’ll be revisiting over and over 🙏❤️

Emelda

January 15, 2026

Absolutely loved the gems uplifted throughout this course & the prompts at the end of each lesson to deepen our understanding. Thank you!💜

Christine

January 15, 2026

I loved every line of every story. Each resonates with me in a different way. And Nikki's way of telling the stories is sublime🩷🩷!

Alfred

January 14, 2026

Thank you for this course, Nikki! Beautiful reflections as always. I truly enjoyed the journey!

Donna

January 10, 2026

Thank You

Rochel

January 7, 2026

The most beautiful course I've ever heard. It was reflecting, inspiring and very relaxing. Thank you!🙂

Marie

January 7, 2026

Great course, Nikki presents topics in a nice manner so one can relate to them. Good way of getting the points across. Recommend this course as well as her meditations. My favorite teacher here on the Timer.

Abbie

January 7, 2026

Thank you for sharing these beautiful metaphors

Rainy

January 5, 2026

Dear Nikki, thank you so much for these short but powerful messages to ponder. I am a fan. Namaste 🙏

Stephany

January 4, 2026

I loved the whole course along with the questions at the end of each day! Thank you always❣️

KatieG

January 3, 2026

a lovely course, speaking through story and metaphor def resonates with me! Valuable lessons to be had, my only sadness was to have the course end-I am wanting more!

Denise

January 1, 2026

Easy to visualize and apply to my life & actions.

Pam

January 1, 2026

I loved that course. Each day seemed to fit with me but the last day did the most. I listened to it today December 31 the last day of the year, the time we all set new goals and intentions for the new year. I’m at a place where I needed reminders to not expect things to change quickly and this story was a perfect reminder. Thank you so much for your wonderful meditations and best wishes to you for a peaceful, balanced new year. ❣️❣️🙏🙏

Debi

December 31, 2025

So many helpful nuggets here. I will be returning to this wisdom. Thank you Nikki!

Carol

December 31, 2025

Loved this course so much and is so relatable. I will use these metaphors to help me in the future. Thank you so much 🙏🏻

Joanna

December 31, 2025

I got so much from this short course. I found that the simple lessons elicited profound lessons within me and gave me relatable analogies for my experience that shifted my understanding of my spiritual growth and my dreams. Thank you Nikki. A brilliant course.

Layla

December 31, 2025

Wonderful! Loved the stories

Kerrie

December 30, 2025

Wonderful and inspiring. Thank you.

Natalie

December 30, 2025

Thank you Nikki. I’m grateful to have found your meditations on IT. This course was especially encouraging and thought provoking. I absolutely loved it. A few tears fell each day as I reflected on my own life and how each of these metaphors applied. Beautifully done.

Philip

December 30, 2025

Loved this series on metaphors!!great teacher, easy listening and learning! Namaste!

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